By: Estes	S.B. No. 1467
	(In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2013; March 18, 2013, read
	first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Rural Affairs,
	and Homeland Security; March 27, 2013, reported favorably by the
	following vote:  Yeas 3, Nays 1; March 27, 2013, sent to printer.)

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to economic development incentives for firearms
	manufacturers, firearms accessory manufacturers, and ammunition
	manufacturers.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 481, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 481.0297 to read as follows:
	Sec. 481.0297.  FIREARM AND AMMUNITION MANUFACTURERS.
	(a)  The office shall facilitate the location, expansion, and
	retention of firearms manufacturers, firearms accessory
	manufacturers, and ammunition manufacturers to the state,
	including:
	(1)  identifying domestic and international firearms
	manufacturers, firearms accessory manufacturers, and ammunition
	manufacturers interested in expanding or relocating to the state;
	and
	(2)  issuing requests for proposals for the location,
	relocation, or expansion of firearms manufacturers, firearms
	accessory manufacturers, and ammunition manufacturers to the
	state.
	(b)  Upon receipt of proposals under Subsection (a), the
	office shall negotiate on behalf of the state the issuance of funds
	provided by Section 481.078, franchise tax exemptions, sales tax
	exemptions, and other incentives as provided by this chapter or
	other provisions of the law commensurate with the size and scope of
	the proposed project.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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